Featured Courses for Fall 2017

Surveillance & Society: Big Brother, Secret Police & Reality TV

GER 89S

Do we live in a surveillance society, and why does it matter? This class will explore fundamental issues around surveillance, such as privacy, freedom, democracy, terrorism, security, and police states, as well as our 21st-century culture of self-display and surveillance as entertainment. Dystopian...

German Confronts the Holocaust

GER 387

The ways in which official German culture comes to terms with its Nazi past. Background reading in history and politics; primary focus on films, dramas, novels, and poetry, as well as public memorials, monuments, and museums. Authors treated include: Wolfgang Borchert, Rolf Hochhuth, Peter Weiss,...

Journeys of Sounds, Words, and Images: Popular Music & Identity

GER 290

How does popular music shape identities and create communities beyond national, linguistic and cultural boundaries? How is a music style appropriated in a new context? The class explores the travels of popular music (primarily between the U.S. and Germany) and focuses on Reggae, Soul, R&B,...

FIRST-YEAR GERMAN I

GERMAN 101

First semester of introductory language course. Practice in spoken and written German (speaking, listening, reading, writing); introduction to German culture and society through poems, songs, films, internet, and other authentic materials. Proficiency oriented, communicative approach to language study. Instructor: Staff